Votes For Women

Question 1

How were the suffragists directly linked to parliament?

Answer 1

• Their leader, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, married to MP Henry Fawcett
• Regularly sat in on the House of Commons

Question 2

Why were the changing attitudes of society LESS EFFECTIVE in causing votes for women?

Answer 2

• Slow to take effect

- Very little change over 19th century

Question 3

Why were the tactics of the Suffragettes ineffective?

Answer 3

• Turned the public against Votes for Women
• Caused the creation of the Women’s National Anti-Suffrage League
• Too violent for most women and men to support

Question 4

What tactic did Suffragettes use in prison and why was it so effective?

Answer 4

• Hunger strikes
• It painted women as victims +made the government look like the enemy
• Won support from the public

Question 5

What were other drawbacks relating to the public did the Suffragettes experience?

Answer 5

• Appeared too irresponsible and therefore incapable of voting
• Too emotional to be involved in politics

Question 6

Why were the Suffragist tactics effective?

Answer 6

• Showed women were responsible
• Able to be trusted with voting + politics
• Not too emotionally-invested

Question 7

Name 3 tactics the Suffragists used

Answer 7

• Petitions
• Rallies
• Letters
• Lobbying

Question 8

Why were the tactics of the Suffragists less effective?

Answer 8

Easy for the government to ignore

Question 9

How did the Suffragists impact parliament?

Answer 9

Agreement of mutual support with the Labour Party

Question 10

What was the benefit for the Suffragists to work with parliament?

Answer 10

It got the issues of women’s votes into parliament

Question 11

What was the Match-girls’ strike and when did it occur?

Answer 11

• 1888
• Girls working in match factories organised strikes for fairer pay + conditions
• Very successful

Question 12

How did the Match-girls’ strike change the stereotypical view?

Answer 12

Showed women could effectively take part in politics

Question 13

When were the Edinburgh 7 active + what did they do?

Answer 13

• 1869-73

- First group of women to attend university in the UK

Question 14

How did the Edinburgh 7’s work benefit women’s votes?

Answer 14

• Showed women’s equal intellect

- Nullified argument that women were mentally inferior to men

Question 15

Name 3 tactics the Suffragettes used.

Answer 15

• Acid in post-boxes
• Fire-bombing
• Heckling
• Protests (marches)

Question 16

Why were the Suffragette’s tactics effective in gaining the vote?

Answer 16

They were impossible for the government to ignore

Question 17

How did the Irish Revolution effect women’s suffrage?

Answer 17

• The liberal government couldn’t police Ireland and the suffragettes
• They were fighting on 2 fronts

Question 18

Why was women’s votes in other countries less impactful on women in Britain gaining the vote?

Answer 18

The actions abroad were never recorded being talked about in British parliament

Question 19

When did Britain’s two main colonies get the vote?

Answer 19

• New Zealand 1893

- Australia 1902

Question 20

Why did Britian’s colonies impact votes for women in Britain?

Answer 20

• Britain was supposed to be the leader in democracy
• They were shown up by smaller colonies
• Showed that parliament could still run efficiently with women voting

Question 21

What period of time did the fight for women’s votes occur?

Answer 21

1860s - 1920s